Bøker av Ishtar Watson

Ember thought she had found a home when an attack upon her new village sends her and Brig'dha for the True South, a land where the warm winds always blow. They carry with them a magical necklace of fertility and the hopes of many people, yet the journey is not without risk. From shark attacks, ritual sacrifice, and assassination to finding love and the struggle to help an embattled high priestess save her people from a relentless enemy, Ember, and Brig'dha are in for an exciting adventure in the warm lands of Anatolia.Set 7500 years ago and spanning the Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Copper Age, Ember of Life follows the continuing story of Ember the Warrior and Brig'dha the Moon Priestess as they head for new lands in Anatolia, approximately modern-day Turkey - a land of mud brick proto-cities, exotic rituals, and twin goddesses of love, war, and change.Themes: LGBTQIA+, Action, Adventure, Female Protagonist, Survival, Prehistory, Non-binary Protagonist, Light Romance, Coming-of-Age

7500 years ago, at the dawn of the western European Neolithic...Ember of the Great River people is a free-spirited woman living in a small tribe in prehistoric Germany when a sign from the gods sends her on an epic quest to the end of the world, where the Sun sets. With only her wits and her father's obsidian blade, she faces the vast, untamed wilds of prehistoric Europe.But these wild lands are far from empty... One can find love, death, and adventure in the dark forests of tribal Europe, where only the Mesolithic forest people dare to tread.Well-researched and highly descriptive, Ember of a New World is an inspiring coming-of-age story featuring a non-binary protagonist. Clothing, weapons, rituals, and daily life are described in detail as the reader is transported to the Linear Pottery Culture of the early western European Neolithic.Themes: LGBTQIA+, Action, Adventure, Female Protagonist, Survival, Prehistory, Non-binary Protagonist, Light Romance, Coming-of-Age